Task A. 1A. Read and translate the text. Our wonderful hotel stands, or rather stood, right on the beach. For some reason, on that particular day we were given a table right next to the exit, the furthest away from the sea. We had hardly started our meal when there was some noise, with people getting up from their seats. Everyone was pointing at something. And there was really something to see. The water has disappeared, falling back from the shore by about 150-200 meters, revealing coral and beaching small boats. Many rushed off to examine this phenomenon and to take photos. The fact that we had left our camera in our room no doubt saved our lives. Three minutes later the water reappeared. A characteristic of a tsunami is that we isn’t very deep, less than a meter, but it travels at the speed of an airplane and is about 100 kilometers in length. 2 A. What is the main idea of the text? 3 A. Answer the questions. 1. Where was situated their table? 2. What fact did save the life of the characters? 3. What is the characteristic of tsunami? 4. How do you think what would you do in such situation? 4A. Find out in the text all verbs in Past Simple Active voice. Task B B1. Use “there is/there are” 1. There ... a bank across the street. 2. There … not children in the garden, they have gone! 3. Still there … many mistakes in your test, be attentive! 4. … there a present for me in the box? 5. There … not TV set in his room. В2. Insert the right articles: a, an, the where necessary 1. My friend has … car, … car is broken now. 2. Moscow is situated on … Moskva river. 3. Yuri Gagarin was … first man to fly over … Earth in spaceship. 4. What .. strange man he is! 5. Usually I get up at…7 o`clock in… morning. В3 . Put the verb “to be” in Present Tense I … Steven. It … James. He … my friend. We … friends since childhood. Now we study together. Today we … going to visit Peter and Ann. They … also our friends. We … the first-year students of technical college. I … so glad that we … together!